perch
61perch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rest, roost, nest, seat. v. i. poise, place, roost, settle, alight, sit. See location, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seat, pole, landing place; see roost . v. Syn. roost, settle down, land; see rest… …
62perch — sb. == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca …
63perch — pÉœrtʃ /pÉœË n. branch; position, standing; safe place; type of spiny fish found in European and North American waters v. sit on a rod; sit on a branch; alight, land (Slang); seat, sit; position, make stand …
64perch n — A pet store had a bird contest with no perches necessary …
65perch — n 1. pole, rod, bar, branch, twig; roost, rest, seat, nest, aerie, eyrie; position, spot, site, location, habitation, domicile, quarters; role, situation, station; vantage point, distance, angle of viewing, perspective. v 2. alight, land; sit,… …
66perch — verb 1) a swallow perched on the telegraph wire Syn: sit, rest, alight, settle, land, roost 2) she perched her glasses on her nose Syn: put, place, set, rest, balance …
67Perch — m Pferch, Viehhürde; Einzäunung für das Vieh; vom lat.: parcus. Vergl.: Fuhrpark, Autopark …
68perch — A measure of land containing five yards and a half, or sixteen feet and a half in length; otherwise called a rod or pole …
69perch — A unit of lineal measure, the same as a rod. A unit of cubic measure for stone, equalling in most jurisdictions twenty four and three fourths cubic feet. Baldin Quarry Co. v Clements, 38 Ohio St 587. A roost for a bird. A kind of fish …
70Black perch — Perch Perch (p[ e]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe rkh; cf. perkno s dark colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any fresh water fish of the genus Perca and of… …
